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Ecopetrol, Repsol acquire oil blocks in Gulf of Mexico

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Colombia’s state-run oil company Ecopetrol ECO.CN, in partnership with Spain’s Repsol (REP.MC), has acquired four new blocks in the Gulf of Mexico for deep water oil exploration, Ecopetrol said on Friday. Ecopetrol’s U.S. subsidiary, Ecopetrol America Inc., and Repsol can...
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Shell’s long-standing head of crude trading Muller quits

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Royal Dutch Shell’s head of crude oil trading, Mike Muller, has stepped down after 29 years with the company, an internal announcement reviewed Nov. 17 by Reuters showed. Muller, one of the world’s most powerful oil traders, has relinquished his...
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Oil climbs but still set for first fall in six weeks

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(Reuters) Oil prices climbed on Nov. 17 but were still heading for their first week of losses in six, weighed down by Russian hesitation for extending a global pact to cut output and curb oversupply. Benchmark Brent crude oil was...
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Rosneft drills world’s longest well

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Russia-based Rosneft, as a member of Sakhalin-1 Consortium, successfully completed drilling of the world's longest well from Orlan platform at Chaivo field in the Sea of Okhotsk. The length of the well with horizontal completion is 15000 m which currently...
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Guyana should start borrowing money now to fix crumbling infrastructure – Presidential Advisor

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While Guyana will not receive revenue from oil production until 2020, Presidential Advisor on Petroleum, Dr. Jan Mangal, believes the South American country’s government can pursue loans now to begin fixing crumbling infrastructure. He said how oil revenue is ultimately utilized...
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Keystone Pipeline leaks 210,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota

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(CNN) A total of 210,000 gallons of oil leaked Thursday from the Keystone pipeline in South Dakota, the pipeline's operator, TransCanada, said. Crews shut down the pipeline Thursday morning and officials are investigating the cause of the leak, which occurred about...
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World’s biggest wealth fund wants out of oil & gas

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(Bloomberg) The $1 trillion fund that Norway has amassed pumping oil and gas over the past two decades wants out of petroleum stocks. Norway, which relies on oil and gas for about a fifth of economic output, would be less vulnerable to...
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Hess sees Guyana as “growth engine”, sets aside billions to prefund oil development in Stabroek Block

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In a presentation at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2017 Global Energy Conference on Thursday, Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) Chief Executive Officer John Hess, disclosed a number of steps the company is taking, which is the clearest indication yet that it is betting big on...
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SBM seeking manpower services for Liza Destiny as conversion of VLCC begins

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SBM offshore subsidiary; Guyana Deep Water Operations Inc. (GDO), is inviting companies to bid for the provision of manpower services for the operation of the Liza Destiny FPSO, scheduled to arrive in Guyana late 2019. GDO said via a public...
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Oil companies should farm into Guyanese diaspora before exploring skills elsewhere

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If the skill-set required in Guyana’s oil and gas industry is not available in-country, oil companies should be encouraged to tap into the vast Guyanese diaspora before looking elsewhere for services and human capital, says a former government official. Close...
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Tariff threat puts new oil projects at risk – Wood Mackenzie analyst 

Dozens of new upstream oil and gas projects could be delayed if Trump-era tariffs are reintroduced, according to energy...

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